Comments on: SharePoint Folders vs Metadata… the ultimate battle! http://stovereffect.com/2010/07/12/metadata-versus-folders/ John Stover. Entrepreneur. Consultant. Author. Speaker. Mentor. Strategist. Expert. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:24:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephane http://stovereffect.com/2010/07/12/metadata-versus-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-29684 Stephane Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:24:25 +0000 http://stovereffect.com/?p=157#comment-29684 Great article. I too, had to "convert" my co-workers that folders are things that belong to the past and they now agree, they would never return to the dark ages of folders; they really like our new document libraries. Another great article on this topic: http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2010/08/26/sharepoint-document-libraries-and-horrors-oh-my.aspx Great article. I too, had to “convert” my co-workers that folders are things that belong to the past and they now agree, they would never return to the dark ages of folders; they really like our new document libraries.

Another great article on this topic:
http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2010/08/26/sharepoint-document-libraries-and-horrors-oh-my.aspx

]]> By: Filip http://stovereffect.com/2010/07/12/metadata-versus-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-6104 Filip Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:19:21 +0000 http://stovereffect.com/?p=157#comment-6104 I agree that good taxonomy / semantics are even more important than setting up the correct folders. Would it be possible to implement row level security based on a pivot table form an other system. 1) Items have a customer ID (lots of items in 1 list) 2) In an external system customer ID is matched to an affiliate ID (changes regulary) 3) Add a custom column that is filled with the lookup for the Affiliate 4) Only Items for teh correct Affiliate are shown For users working on corporate level all items are visible with the possibility to filter on affiliate level. I agree that good taxonomy / semantics are even more important than setting up the correct folders.

Would it be possible to implement row level security based on a pivot table form an other system.

1) Items have a customer ID (lots of items in 1 list)
2) In an external system customer ID is matched to an affiliate ID (changes regulary)
3) Add a custom column that is filled with the lookup for the Affiliate
4) Only Items for teh correct Affiliate are shown

For users working on corporate level all items are visible with the possibility to filter on affiliate level.

]]> By: Mike http://stovereffect.com/2010/07/12/metadata-versus-folders/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Mike Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:47:58 +0000 http://stovereffect.com/?p=157#comment-566 This topic is very interesting I would like to see an article on using folders and still using an effective metadata structure. Because from this it sounds like you would have one document library upload all contents into the root of that library than use views and columns to sort data. Also you would require the user to actually tag the document before it is uploaded thus building up metadata that will be beneficial to better search results with enterprise search Even if you elect to use folders, you should still use an effective metadata structure. This topic is very interesting I would like to see an article on using folders and still using an effective metadata structure. Because from this it sounds like you would have one document library upload all contents into the root of that library than use views and columns to sort data. Also you would require the user to actually tag the document before it is uploaded thus building up metadata that will be beneficial to better search results with enterprise search

Even if you elect to use folders, you should still use an effective metadata structure.

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